Amsterdam wants to move a cruise liner terminal out of the heart of the historic capital city as the latest step in its ongoing battle against pollution and hordes of tourists clogging its narrow, ...

Amsterdam’s city council has approved a proposal banning “polluting” cruise ships as part of the city’s latest move to clamp down on overtourism. A spokesperson for Amsterdam Deputy Mayor Hester van ...

Amsterdam is fed up with its tourist deluge. The Dutch city attracts all types of visitors—whether they’re coming to party or visit tulip fields— but in recent years has become a victim of overtourism ...

Among its many efforts to control soaring tourism numbers, the Amsterdam City Council in the Netherlands wants cruise ships to stop operating from the city's downtown cruise terminal. That said, ...

AMSTERDAM — Amsterdam wants to move a cruise liner terminal out of the heart of the historic capital city as the latest step in its ongoing battle against pollution and hordes of tourists clogging its ...

Amsterdam city officials have said the ships cause pollution and are not in line with the city's sustainable goals. Around 300,000 cruise ship passengers visit the Dutch tourist hub every year.

Amsterdam will slowly phase out cruise ships and ultimately shutter its cruise terminal. The city’s Passengers Terminal Amsterdam (PTA) will cap cruise ships to 100 per year starting in 2026. By 2035, ...

The downtown area of Amsterdam remains open to cruise ships. But for how long is unclear. Days after leaders in the Dutch city voted to relocate the cruise terminal, citing air pollution and ...

Amsterdam is among the world’s cities that are most notoriously plagued by overtourism and a battle is already underway to remedy the scourge of overcrowding and tourism-related nuisance. As part of ...

With the COVID-19 pandemic and the global shutdown of the tourism industry just a few years behind us in the rear view mirror, overtourism is becoming a challenging issue around the world once again.

Tourist destinations around the world are dealing with overcrowding and environmental pollution. Amsterdam, Venice, and French Polynesia are among the places that have banned cruise ships. The trend ...